Lecture series to focus on settlers

LINDA COMINS

Staff writer

WHEELING — The Wheeling Area Genealogical Society has launched a monthly lecture series, Wheeling’s First Families, as part of the year-long Wheeling 250 observance.

Lectures are being offered in the auditorium at the Ohio County Public Library, 52 16th St., at 1 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month through October. In celebration of Wheeling’s 250th anniversary, the genealogical society’s lectures focus on the families that settled Wheeling. All programs are free and open to the public.

This month’s program will be presented by John Bowman, a Wheeling historian and West Virginia History Hero. He also is a steamboat model builder and the author of many articles and books that document Wheeling’s history.

The series began in January with a presentation by Travis Henline on Native Americans. He is the project manager for the proposed Wheeling museum.

The schedule of programs for the Wheeling’s First Families series is as follows:

¯ March 9 — “David, Moses and Lydia Shepherd,” presented by David Javersak.